The association of the anesthesiologist's academic and educational status with self-confidence, self-rated knowledge and objective knowledge in rational antibiotic application

• Published in: BMC research notes Vol. 13; no. 1; p. 161
• Main Authors: Schneider, Frederick, Schulz, Christian M, May, Matthias, Schneider, Gerhard, Ernst, Christian, Jacob, Matthias, Zacharowski, Kai, Hachenberg, Thomas, Schmidt, Maren, Kretzschmar, Moritz, Graf, Bernhard, Kees, Martin G, Pawlik, Michael, Sander, Michael, Koch, Christian, Zoller, Michael, Heim, Markus
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BioMed Central Ltd 18-03-2020; BioMed Central; BMC
• Subjects: Adult; Anesthesia; Anesthesiologists; Anesthesiologists - statistics & numerical data; Anesthesiology; Anti-Bacterial Agents - therapeutic use; Anti-infective therapy; Antibiotics; Attitude of Health Personnel; Bacteria; Beliefs, opinions and attitudes; Certification; Confidence; Consultants (Persons); Curricula; Dosage and administration; Education; Educational aspects; Female; Germany; Health Care Surveys; Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; Humans; Intensive care; Intensive Care Units - statistics & numerical data; Knowledge; Likert scale; Male; Medical personnel; Microbiological diagnostics; Microbiology; Middle Aged; MR2; Multi-resistant pathogens; Pathogenic microorganisms; Physicians; Public opinion; Questionnaires; Research Note; Statistical analysis; Studies; Germany; Multi-resistant pathogens; Antibiotics; Education; Anti-infective therapy; Anesthesia; MR2; Microbiological diagnostics
• ISSN: 1756-0500; 1756-0500
• DOI: 10.1186/s13104-020-05010-8

This study aimed to investigate the association of anesthetists' academic and educational status with self-confidence, self-rated knowledge and objective knowledge about rational antibiotic application. Therefore, anesthetists in Germany were asked about their self-confidence, self-rated knowledge and objective knowledge on antibiotic therapy via the Multiinstitutional Reconnaissance of practice with Multiresistant bacteria (MR2) survey. Other analysis from the survey have been published elsewhere, before.
361 (52.8%) questionnaires were completed by specialists and built the study group. In overall analysis the Certification in Intensive Care (CIC) was significantly associated with self-confidence (p < 0.001), self-rated knowledge (p < 0.001) and objective knowledge (p = 0.029) about antibiotic prescription. Senior consultant status was linked to self-confidence (p < 0.001) and self-rated knowledge (p = 0.005) but not objective knowledge. Likewise, working on Intensive Care Unit (ICU) during the last 12 months was significantly associated with self-rated knowledge and self-confidence (all p < 0.001). In a logistic regression model, senior consultant status was not associated with any tested influence factor. This analysis unveiled that CIC and working on ICU were more associated with anesthesiologists' self-confidence and self-rated knowledge than senior consultant status. However, neither of the characteristics was thoroughly associated with objective knowledge.